Do your festive season need more Scottish Stories?

Greetings story lovers, We're deep into December, and after Sunday I will have no more storytelling events until 2025. What a year it's been!December always feels like a tussle between the impulse to hibernate, social gatherings, and festive prep.I'v...

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Dec 13, 2024
Scottish Tales for Telling book launch

Greetings story lovers, We descend into the depths of winter, the nights are long, dreams are lucid, and Wham are on the radio with ever increasing frequency.I find myself wrapping up loose ends, to leave the year in a clear way, whilst plotting ahea...

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Dec 06, 2024
Winter events in Scotland

Greetings all, I write on a bright November day as Salmon leap in the River Tweed that runs through my town. I'm enjoying a sense of space after the busyness of October Storytelling festivals and Samhain. As the year slips towards midwinter, rest and...

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Nov 15, 2024
Samhain Approaches

Greetings Friends, The leaves are turning on the trees here in Scotland, the land a rusty palette of ochre, red and gold. Samhain draws near and the veil grows thin. The Scottish International Storytelling Festival is underway and will characterise t...

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Oct 22, 2024
A shift of Balance

Happy Equinox!Here in the northern hemisphere the balance shifts towards darkness, longer nights and colder days. Fires get stoked, handcrafts get pulled from cupboards and we get reacquainted with our thermal layers. Migrating birds demonstrate good...

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Sep 25, 2024
Stories in the Stone Age

I first met Lynx Vilden in 2017 at a primitive fishing camp in the west of Ireland. I was unfamiliar with her semi-legendary status in the primitive skills world, only hearing of the camp through a friend, and essentially looking for an excuse to vis...

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May 02, 2023
Has a story ever truly moved you?

Has a story ever moved you in such a way you feel changed upon hearing it? Has a myth or wonder tale ever worked a subtle magic leaving you with the feeling that the world is somehow different? It’s happened to me a few times…hence I’m asking the que...

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Feb 05, 2023
Exploring the Kingdom Under the Sea

My storytelling journey started truly when I became a father. I knew that surrounding my daughter with stories would resource her well. Steiner, Einstein and other knowledgeable types seemed to agree about the merit of fairy tales and the development...

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Jan 13, 2023
Tall Tales in a Long House

Ah Knockengorroch World ceilidh. Scotland’s undisputed, premier music festival to those familiar with such muddy foot-stomping field gatherings, and a quizzical mouthful for those unacquainted. It was a special year according to many folk.  Maybe the...

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May 30, 2015
Stories and Scarecrows in Glasgow

Last week I was invited to share stories through in a country park outside Glasgow. The theme of the event was Scarecrows, and a number of community groups, schools and ethnic groups had participated in the project by creating their own scarecrow to...

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May 19, 2015
Stories For A Better Nation

Friday past (24/4/15) saw the successful launch of a project exploring the synergistic relationship between folk culture, and the modern socio-political landscape. Myself, Janis Mackay, David Campbell and David Francis, played with the hypothesis, th...

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Apr 27, 2015
Stories on the Way

This is the online home of Wild Edge Storytelling, weaving myth, legend and oral history to offer a rich cultural experience for folk of all ages and interests. Inspired by Scots and Gaelic heritage, and the traditional Ceilidh in particular, we love...

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Feb 17, 2015